Karen Renee
karenrenee.bsky.social
Karen Renee
@karenrenee.bsky.social
Romance author, wife, mom, olive lover, nap taker, probably working on the next book.
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We must say no to this. They are going to kill our children. Our grandchildren!! Say NO to this now!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is a fabulous! I had no idea there was a Human Voices Only Day - if you want to send her a snippet, it should be under 800 words. 😀
#humannarratorsonly #narratorsrock #booksky #indieauthors
Friday is Human Voices Only Day. If you want to hear what your work sounds like narrated by a professional narrator, just send me a snippet of your book by Thurs. I specialise in Fantasy. Also, I'm British but narrate full books in Australian and American.
#narrator #booksky #indieauthor
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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I hope someone is making plans to rebuild all our national science institutions when this nightmare is finally over
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
With a title like that, I'll have to see if my library has it!
This is the first book about cats that I have ever read. It's a good place to start. Thanks Mr.R.🐈
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Great writing here.
Yes. We obviously have a massive struggle against tyranny to contend with.

But there's a more subtle and insidious threat that we can't ignore:

The struggle for our very mental autonomy.

Please read & share my latest post in Re-Founding America:
The Oligarchic Capture of the American Mind
There is a great struggle ahead of us: a fight for freedom from manipulation. For sovereignty over our own attention.
substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don't normally write chapters out of order, but I did for my current WIP.... and now I remember why I try to keep things linear.
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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dude i love cats. look at this
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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So….we’re headed in to the Caligula part, aren’t we?

Madness, crazy immorality, the humiliation of senators…
America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:

(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year

(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives

Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Having no reason to hire qualified faculty is a feature, not a bug.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is kickass!
And I want to find a pair of her boots in my size.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is an excellent read and deep dive into a great album.
If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll."

This is a fun piece:
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I'm just saying if you don't want the reputation of being a bunch of feckless fuckwits, do far less feckless fuckwitting.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Libraries rock!
As our friends at the Corrales Library put it—libraries are more than just books, they are a true commons, a great equalizer, and a gathering place that brings people together.

At a time when so much is on the line—we must contribute to support our libraries and the important stories they hold!
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM